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-'''Wing Soon Joe''' (born '''Joe Wing Soon''' [[August 29]], [[1916]] in Canton (Guangzhou), China; died [[June 24]], [[1987]] in [[Birmingham]]) was a 2nd generation owner of [[Joy Young Restaurant]].
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-Joe was the son of [[Joe Mansion]] and his wife [[Lee Joe|Lee]]. He spend his childhood in China while his father established a restaurant with his partners in [[Birmingham]]. He immigrated as a teenager in [[1931]] and worked in the restaurant for the rest of his life.
-Joe served in the U.S. Army during [[World War II]]. He took over his father's share of Joy Young after his death in [[1954]].
-Joe and his wife had five children: [[Henry Joe|Henry]], [[Suelin Joe Lee|Suelin]], [[George Loo Joe|George]], [[John Loo Joe|John]], and [[Jimmy Loo Joe|Jimmy]]. Henry took over the restaurant in the 1970s.
-Joe died of complications from a stroke in June [[1987]]. He is buried at [[Elmwood Cemetery]].
-==References==
-* "[https://www.newspapers.com/article/birmingham-post-herald-obituary-for-joe/127017243/ Joe, local restaurant owner, dies at 71]." {{BPH}}, p. C5
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-[[Category:US Army personnel]]
-[[Category:World War II veterans]]
-[[Category:Restaurateurs]]
-[[Category:Elmwood burials]]